I think almost everyone enjoys the taste of cookie dough! It's hard not to resist, sometimes it tastes even better than the actual cookie. I know it's not good, but I like to take a few small bites here and there when I'm making cookies.
Cookie dough isn't safe to eat because it has raw eggs in it and can therefore cause you to become sick with salmonella or other illnesses. Even pre-made cookie dough that is sold at the store isn't really safe to eat.
There was a food poisoning outbreak due to cookie dough in 2009 and I've known a few people myself who have gotten sick from eating raw cookie dough. So, it does happen.
Do you eat raw cookie dough when you are baking? Are you ever concerned that you might get sick?
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I mean, you only have one life to live. What a delicious way to die.
@slumpysl0th@xanga - ahhh that made my morning. hilarious. and i totally agree.
Yes, I have eaten raw cookie dough on occasion. No, I'm not that worried.
I have been eating raw cookie dough since grade school. Grade School! I haven't died yet or even gotten sick. =D Thus for me, it's all good. Love me some cookie dough.
I don't understand why people eat dough...it's all sticky and stuff. The baked cookies have better texture!
Oh my goodness...I am obsessed with sugar cookie dough! It's a serious problem when I bake sugar cookies. Best raw dough ever.
yes and yes but they also say sex can make you go blind sooo....
I never eat raw cookie dough or cake batter! I don't like the texture and I don't like the taste of uncooked flour. BUT, I am concerned about people who do, because of the eggs.
isn't salmonella in the shell?
This will in no way stop me from consuming my weight in cookie dough.
my addiction<3
Well, our eggs in Canada are pasteurized so... it's supposed to kill all the nasties.
Oh boo hoo. Is cookie dough ice cream going to make people sick next?
I don't eat chocolate chip cookies. I don't like them. They don't taste good. The dough on the other hand? I will make dough to freeze it and eat. And what about cookie dough icecream? I've been doing this for 20 years and never gotten sick. =P
I don't care. I eat raw cookie dough like a bauss. =D
i most definately do. and im not worried about getting sick- my immune system is impressive im rarely sick in general.
I like the cookie dough better than the actual cookies.
I've been eating it since I was a kid and haven't gotten sick yet.if it was that dangerous, they wouldn't sell cookie dough ice cream.
@slumpysl0th@xanga - You are my new friend. That philosophy is also why I don't diet. I don't wanna die tomorrow knowing I could've had chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream today.
Never ate it raw.
I love raw cookie dough, but I'm way too afraid of food-bourne illness to actually eat it.
um, i will never stop eating it. ever. to good.
Ehh, I'm not a cookie dough fan. X( Tastes too raw for me!
i think people are too paranoid about salmonella. young children, the elderly and people with immunodeficiency shouldn't eat raw eggs, but healthy people should be fine if they only eat a little bit of it. the statistics i've read say that only 30 people out of 142,000 who contract the disease each year actually die from it and most of them are old or have immunodeficiency. the chance that the eggs you eat will be infected is small anyway.
i have a pretty good immune system. i get colds maybe twice a year and i get the flu once or twice every two years and it only lasts a day. as long as the only risk i'm looking at is a slight risk of getting sick, i'll continue to eat raw cookie dough.
I've eaten cookie dough for my entire life and never once even gotten remotely sick. I think I'll continue.